The shadow home secretary had been expected to formally quit today, but has told friends he will not now hand his resignation letter in to the Treasury until Wednesday afternoon.says the report.
Meanwhile it seems highly unlikely now that he will face Kelvin MacKenzie,Guardian online reporting
executives at the Sun, which MacKenzie originally said might back his candidacy, and owner News International are understood have cooled on the idea and sources said it is unlikely to proceed.
The Sun has not referred to the mooted campaign by its columnist once in print since MacKenzie and Murdoch, the paper's proprietor, discussed it at a party on Thursday night for editor Rebekah Wade.
Over at Conservative Home Davis tells why he quit and starts with a line from History
The Austrian Chancellor Metternich was once told of the death of a rival. "I wonder what did he mean by that?" was his response.
If Metternich were alive today he might have enjoyed a second career as a Westminster commentator. He would certainly have been able to give full rein to his thirst for the conspiracy theory, rumour, gossip and wild speculation. No story need be constrained by the dreary recitation of the facts. Instead, it can be spiced up spectacularly by all manner of guesses, intrigues and sinister motives. Welcome to the Westminster Village circa 2008.
Guido is first off the mark with news that daviddavisforfreedom.com is set to launch tomorrow
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